Kelly Wahlquist is a dynamic and inspiring Catholic speaker whose gift of weaving personal stories and Scripture together with practical advice allows her audience to enter more fully into what Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict have called us into - to be witnesses of our faith and part of the New Evangelization.

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Early this morning over my much needed coffee, I adopted a Cardinal, and WOWZA… I got the Vicar General of His Holiness for the Diocese of Rome, Archpriest of the papal Lateran Basilica and Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical Lateran University, Cardinal Agostino Vallini. This is where the body of Christ astonishes me—to think this great holy man will prosper from my simple meager prayers. God is so good allowing us all to play our part in building up His kingdom.

If Cardinal Vallini thought his mother hovered over him back in his childhood days in Barra, he ain’t seen noth’n yet! I’m bombarding Our Blessed Mother with prayer asking her to be at his side constantly and to bring her Spouse, the Holy Spirit, to be with the Cardinal always to guide his every decision.

Check out the website Visit AdoptACardinal.org It's awesome! It encourages the faithful to be a prayerful part of the upcoming conclave by praying fervently for all of the Cardinals, but in a special way for their “adopted” shepherd.